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This is the Arminian's Rendition of "Amazing Grace" (see Lyrics below as audio is less than prime)

"Deficient Grace"

“Deficient Grace”

Verse 1:Total Depravity Terminated

On neutral ground, I’ll make my choice
Detached from death in sin
Able to see iniquity
And will myself to him

Verse 2:Unconditional Election Conditioned

Twas grace that made me savable
But did not make it sure
It took my will to make it real
And it may not endure

Verse 3:Limited Atonement Limited

The blood he shed, he shed for all
A mere symbol of his love
Held no real pow’r in of itself
Just vain hope from above

Verse 4:Irresistible Grace Resisted

This god is but a gentleman
Not wanting to intrude
We have rejected o’er and o’er
While he, for us, has wooed

Verse 5: Perseverance of the Saints Perished

I willed myself to be redeemed
On one of my smart days
So if I sin badly enough
I’ll probably fall away

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Alternate Verse 5:

Though he’s big enough to justify
And hold me in his hand
I’m strong enough to leave his grip
And thwart his pseudo-plan

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Wow! I am finishing up a study of TULIP this Sunday with some 30-somethings in our church. Working on the lesson tonight, it lacked a suitable ending. HERE IT IS! They will love "Deficient Grace" as a closing. Thanks!

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You mean the lyrics, right? **nervous**

The lyrics are already on my Powerpoint slides. The You Tube will be the main feature. I loved it. It was hilarious! Don't fear. It is just a class, not a congregation.

The sad thing is that there are people who believe in those lyrics and at the same time say things like, "We exalt Christ alone. We believe that salvation is by God's grace alone.".

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Curt Hayashida
member, Community Bible Church (Non-denominational)
Vallejo, CA

Great job Josh!!!



How long did it take you to re-write the lyrics?

I especially like:

"I willed myself to be redeemed
On one of my smart days"

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Steve Butts - Former SBC-er
Three Forms of Unity - Bradenton CRC - Bradenton, Florida
(A conservative member in a conservative congregation)

"It is a good thing God chose me before I was born, because he surely would not have afterwards." — C.H. Spurgeon

I have no idea. I wrote it a long time ago one day at work. Probably about an hour?

Arminian Jazz Music! I understand its parody of the Arminian system, but sad to say, the position of so many. I was in a discussion with someone just this past week who used the words "God is a gentleman" to deny the effectual call.

Again, thanks.

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Sterling Harmon
Coventry, CT
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Deacon
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"Whatever is laudable in our works proceeds from the grace of God."
-- John Calvin, Institutes III:xv.3.

"Our Lord God must be a good man, to be fond of worthless fellows. I cannot like them, and yet I, myself, am one."
-- Martin Luther, Table Talk

btw...My wife watched and said she especially likes the Guinness t-shirt.

I'm always amazed by musical talent. I've many friends who play guitar and such. I've tried a number of times in my life to 'learn' to play an instrument and finally gave up. I'm 43 now and I've come to realize I have no artistic talents. I can fix a mean computer and understand various systems inside and out though.

Again good work Josh, you have quite a talent there.

Appearance is EVERYTHING!

Just kidding. If it were, I'd be toast. Wait...I am!

Thanks for that, Josh. You're quite the lyricist.

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Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCUS
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Good job, Josh! Don't worry, I have a Guinness t-shirt too!

I think Arminius actually would agree with total depravity, yet he says the work of Christ removes it for all mankind, with regard to their wills, so that they can choose to cooperate with the Holy Spirit. Most arminians today would not follow him in this thinking, for they are Pelagians.

Blessings! When's the Theological Song Album due out?

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Charles Plauger
Member/Grace Reformed Church
Oakland, MD

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I dunno...who's the Artist?

You!

You funding the album work and studio time?

Maybe some churches will begin to sponsor the project, as it appears from a few threads above that you will be heard tomorrow in someone's Sunday School meeting. Before long, you'll be booking tours!

No time for touring!

Could you be any more white? Next time don't use headlights for video lighting.

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Rich
Okinawa, Japan

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Wearing a Guinness shirt too. Don't tell me you also ... smoke.

Very awesome Josh! My wife and I enjoyed that very much!

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Jeff Bartel
Mechanical Engineer
Member - Trinity Reformed Church - RPCNA

"To believe in the power of man in the work of regeneration is the great heresy of Rome, and from that error has come the ruin of the Church. Conversion proceeds from the grace of God alone, and the system which ascribes it partly to man and partly to God is worse than Pelagianism" (The Reformation in England (London, 1962), Vol. 1, p. 98)

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